Alexandra Eppinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 5665953 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Eppinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Eppinger |
| SIGNATURE | EPPINGER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ancient History, Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Early Christian Heracles
This chapter is a summary of the role of Hercules in late antique art and literature, with a special focus on how Christian clergy and laypersons perceived the hero. Using literary texts and archaeological finds as source material, it shows that Hercules was still ubiquitous in late antiquity, even though there was a quantitative decline of depictions of the hero in comparison with earlier periods. Both daily life and the sepulchral sphere are co…
Hercules cinaedus
Hercules' adventures at Omphale's court are presented in ancient literature from the Classical period to Late Antiquity in significantly different ways. Some authors entirely omit the cross-dressing when recounting the Lydian episode, emphasising instead the heroic deeds Hercules performs at the queen's behest, or the humiliation of his servitude. Long before Christian condemnation of the cross-dressing episode, Ovid provided a version of the Her…
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Hercules cinaedus
Hercules' adventures at Omphale's court are presented in ancient literature from the Classical period to Late Antiquity in significantly different ways. Some authors entirely omit the cross-dressing when recounting the Lydian episode, emphasising instead the heroic deeds Hercules performs at the queen's behest, or the humiliation of his servitude. Long before Christian condemnation of the cross-dressing episode, Ovid provided a version of the Her…
The Early Christian Heracles
This chapter is a summary of the role of Hercules in late antique art and literature, with a special focus on how Christian clergy and laypersons perceived the hero. Using literary texts and archaeological finds as source material, it shows that Hercules was still ubiquitous in late antiquity, even though there was a quantitative decline of depictions of the hero in comparison with earlier periods. Both daily life and the sepulchral sphere are co…
Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Geology (1 work) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (1 work) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work)